The Winning of the Best

Ralph Waldo Trine (1866–1958) was one of the early teachers of the New Thought philosophy which grew in America from the Transcendentalist philosophy of Emerson and Thoreau. New Thought is actually the most ancient thought. It is the power of thought in the individual and our ability to tune in to the source of all power and inspiration, Infinite Spirit. It is based upon no fixed creed, but relies on the perpetual renewal of thought in the individual as it ultimately relates to the whole.


We can be either optimists or pessimists. The optimist has realized two great laws of life: Our thoughts have power in creating our lives and we have the ability to tap into great inner resources of insight and power. If we adjust our thoughts and allow the inflow of the power behind these truths we shall win the very best of life.